Aug. 3 - Breaking or entering on Steel City Lane. The complainant stated two doors on separate buildings of a business were broken into. One had been pried open and the other kicked in; the frames were damaged on both doors. The complainant stated that nothing appeared to be missing.

Aug. 5 - General information on Aspen Lane. The complainant noticed a Toyota 4Runner that appeared as if someone had tried to set it on fire. The officer dispatched to the scene observed a rag that had been stuffed into the gas tank and ignited. The case was turned over to the Pope County Criminal Investigation Division.

Aug. 5 - Theft of property on Jennings Road. The complainant stated unknown persons took a high-pressure washer and weed eater from his front porch. The value of the property taken is $318.

Aug. 9 - Theft of property on Bluefish Avenue. The complainant stated two checks were missing from his mailbox. The combined amount of the missing checks is $1,260.

Among reports recently taken by the Russellville Police Department (RPD):

Aug. 8 - Criminal trespassing and obstructing governmental operations on East O Street. An employee of an apartment complex told an officer that a male who had been evicted from the complex previously, and told by management not to return, was staying with a current tenant. The man was given a criminal trespass warning for being on the property less than a week prior to this incident. When the officer asked the tenant of the apartment if the man was in the apartment, he told the officer that he was not. When a member of management at the complex entered the apartment and brought the man out, both men were placed under arrest.

Aug. 9 - Public intoxication on East Second Street. An officer was dispatched in regard to a possible intoxicated person. When the officer met the man, he was sitting in a chair and appeared to be wobbling back and forth. He was unable to hold a conversation with the officer and could not focus on the instructions for sobriety tests. He was placed under arrest for public intoxication.

Aug. 9 - Battery on South Knoxville Avenue. An officer responded to a call on a physical disturbance at a business. When the officer arrived, the suspect was yelling at the complainant about property that he had come to retrieve from the business. The suspect said he had been granted permission from the judge to retrieve his property. The suspect told the officer he would leave and let his friends finish loading the items. The victim stated as the suspect was gathering his belongings, he became irate and told the victim's wife she had no business being in the office. When the victim told him to calm down, the man allegedly hit him twice on the face and ran after him as he tried to leave the room. The officer advised the victim and his wife to obtain an order of protection due to past threats of violence and told them not to make contact with the suspect, but instead to call 911 if he returned.

Aug. 10 - Disorderly conduct on Shamrock Boulevard. A male in a criminal trespass case became argumentative after being found guilty of a crime in Pope County District Court. The man continued to argue and curse at the judge as he left the courtroom and was placed under arrest as he exited the building.

Aug. 10 - Terroristic threatening on West H Street. An officer was dispatched in regard to an assault. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the victim who stated he and another man had been involved in an ongoing argument that originated at the victim's home and continued at a business. The suspect allegedly tried to provoke the complainant into hitting him. When the complainant threatened to call the police, the suspect returned to his car and began to back out with his door open, so the victim was drug along with the car. The victim's car was also damaged.